In Native American communities, dogs served as companions and practical helpers. Tribes relied on dogs for tasks like guarding camps, herding livestock, and assisting with hunting.

Native American dogs, also known as pre-Columbian dogs, are the descendants of dogs brought to the Americas by the first people who crossed the Bering Land Bridge over 15,000 years ago.

Never did Columbus native Lindsey Peetz think that fostering a dog would eventually lead her to appearing on the Kelly Clarkson Show, but her rescue dog Penny’s story of recovery and resilience is one ...

A pair of truffle species found in Tennessee turned out to be previously unknown to science, but MSU researchers helped change that.

Michigan State University researchers — along with colleagues at the University of Florida, citizen scientists and their “truffle dogs” — have discovered two new species of truffle.   Tuber ...